Almost in front of the Very Illustrious Municipality of Guayaquil, La Muy Ilustre restaurant is established. It is encouraging to see how the city center is filling up with nice places to eat, have a drink and have a good time. Historic centers are the heart of a city. Its engine, its root. Panama City is an example of the recovery of its colonial center, thanks to a joint effort between private companies and the Government, which issued specific laws for this purpose. It made mortgage loans available to developers with low rates for investments in the sector, exempted them for ten years from income tax for the first transfer of ownership, likewise exempted the first owners, and tenants from VAT and municipal taxes, among other measures. The result was a total transformation.
Today, that once-forgotten historic quarter has become a vibrant dining and entertainment district. Following the same path, Guayaquil could multiply projects along the center such as Panama Street or Mercado del Río. The Malecón Simón Bolívar is an example of how a special law contributed to generating the most important space in the city in the last 50 years.
La Muy Ilustre, opened a few months ago, located on 10 de Agosto and Pichincha, surprised us because its careful decoration and concept stand out from everything around it. It’s beautiful, in its style. With blue and white colors, it has two areas, with a large bar in each sector. Its floors, wood finishes and its atmosphere made us remember the Guayaquil of the 70s. It is also a good place for after hours from 5 p.m. with friends at the bar. Extremely cozy.
It has a mostly typical menu. The empanadas de viento stuffed with pork rinds were a good appetizer.
The toyed tigrillo, at $6.90, had a great combination of flavors thanks to the fact that it has pieces of rib cooked sous vide, that is, under vacuum in hot water, for 14 hours, very soft, whose juices are mixed with the dough, with a high content of coriander. Very good dish, with a recommendation: the patacones must be fully incorporated into the dough. When you ask for tigrillo, you want mashed plantain, not chopped patacones.
Then we tried a mixed encocado, with sea bass, shrimp and squid. This preparation used coconut cream, making it extremely sweet, hiding the flavor of the sofrito and the spices. It is a style that I have seen in many restaurants. I prefer the traditional one, although this preparation is somewhat reminiscent of Thai cuisine and has its enthusiasts.
Other dishes such as the mangrove crab and the meloso de chancho are interesting and will satisfy your appetite. La Muy Ilustre is a nice place to eat downtown.
Source: Eluniverso
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